While shopping at Zara Liat Towers... I had wanted to pick up another bottle of Urban Male Dark Edition EDT... in came 2 very good looking young men in their early 20s... one was wearing an Yves Saint Laurent tee and carrying a Prada Saffiano camouflage tote...the other had a Gucci canvas tote in hand... that's when I overheard one telling the other...
"Sale is not an excuse to buy more lah... Don't you know it's how they get rid of what people don't want..."
To be honest... I was a tad offended...
"Honey... what 'people' are you referring too? ...not every sale item is 'unwanted'... It's also about being savvy with your parents'... oops I meant...your money..."
Obviously this guy has money coming out of his ears... thanks to rich parents that spoilt him rotten... to not have to wait for a sale to be able to afford everything...
Some of us... to get what we want... have to work really hard... budget or plan or save... even than... it may still not be enough...that's when a SALE helps...
That being said...
Haven't we... at some point or another... brought home things we don't really need simply because it was on sale?
Ain't we all guilty of impulse buys during a sale??
Which of us has not bought stuff during a sale only to realize later that the one good thing about it was only the 70% discount???
Gosh... if I could return all the impulse sale items I bought over the years... I think I could buy a car... well... or at least pay the down payment... not that I can drive...
Precisely because of that... I have learnt a few tricks to curb the edge to buy more than what I need or want during a sale...
First...I would look at the price to see if I can afford it... If I could, I would grab it... I won't rush to try it or pay for it... I will hold it in my hands, walk around, pick up more stuff that I like... Sometimes by then... the initial excitement over the item would have worn off... so much so... I don't even want to try it on anymore... let alone buy it...
I ask myself...while in the dressing room...
"Do I look good in it?"
"Can it go with the things I already have??"
"Do I REALLY want it if it wasn't on SALE???"
If the answer is yes to all 3... I would proceed to the cashier...
Sometimes... I would leave the item.. discreetly stashing it in a corner... walk out of the store... clear my head and justify some more...
"Do I really need to buy another... when I just bought like 20 others... that were on sale... that I have yet to wear/use..."
If it's still a yes... I proceed back... at times the item will be gone but like what I always say...
"If I was meant to have it... I was meant to have it..."
I am not being prudent... I am just trying to be a smart shopper... because every dollar you saved from buying impulse sale items is a dollar more to the next sale item that you truly want or need or a non sale item that you have been drooling over...
With all these being said... I still could lugged home plenty of stuff that I don't need... and a closet full of clothes... with price tag still on... that I will never wear...
SHEESH...
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